The protests by the Opposition for postponement of the presentation of the Union Budget following the death of sitting MP E Ahamed didn\'t work out. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented his Budget speech at 11 AM on 1 February, as per schedule.

Jaitley, in his speech, went sector by sector, outlaying what the government has done and what it aims to bring to the table. Among them, there was a special two-paragraph section on demonetisation.

Here\'s the budget highlights in tweets:

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Introduction, challenges and reforms

In his introduction to the budget, Jaitley talked about the war on black money, inflation being brought under control, how the administration has moved from "discretionary, favouritism based to system and transparency based" and that the " Indian economy has been robust to mild shocks and IMF forecasts". Jaitley also laid down the challenges that lie ahead and the transformational reforms brought out within the last year.

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